DOLLHOUSE
If you liked Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, or Dr Horrible's Sing Along blog and haven't started watching Dollhouse, stop wasting your time reading this, click the link above to read how to "acquire" shows, and then head over here to catch up since FOX is only letting HULU keep the the last 5 episodes up. Although I'd hope you are already watching this show, Claire.
If you haven't seen those shows mentioned above click their links and get to watching. Start with Dr. Horrible, as its only 45 minutes and is ABSOLUTELY FUCKING HILARIOUS.
All the shows above have one thing in common, and that's Joss Whedon. Dude is a super talent and one of the best writers out there. Maybe this is where you'd like an endorsement from JJ Abrams (creator of Lost, Fringe, Cloverfield and the new Star Trek) because he can say it better than I ever could:
"Joss’ storytelling is always that perfect storm of wit, deep emotion and passion for genre. His brilliant characters make familiar territory brand spanking new—and damn if he can’t write a catchy song, too."
By the way, JJ Abrams new Star Trek is unreal and needs to be watched on the big screen. Go see it. And if you do give me a holler, I want to see it again. And again, and again...
Anyway, back to Dollhouse. I'm not even going to try and explain the premise of the show. It's a far out there idea that leads to some cool ethical dilemmas and some awesome moments and its definitely not the same old junk we get over and over.
Now, maybe you guys caught the (*) at the top and were wondering what that was about. This review comes with a warning: Do not judge this show on the first 5 episosodes. 1-5 were heavily edited by FOX and fall short of what I expect from a Joss Whedon creation. Even Eliza Dushku said to hang in there until episode 6. She was right. Ep 1-5 aren't bad, they just lack that Whedon-esque wit and dialog, and are more of a procedural "monster of the week" solve-a-problem-in-44-minutes type show. Think about them as an appetizer. Episode 6 is where the main story arc really starts to blossom and things get good. Just watched the final two epsisodes of Season 1 (hopefully the first of many) and it blew my mind all over my computer screen.
Seriously, it might be hard to get a hold of until its on DVD, but I don't care if it's by hook or by crook, check it out.
e.
If you haven't seen those shows mentioned above click their links and get to watching. Start with Dr. Horrible, as its only 45 minutes and is ABSOLUTELY FUCKING HILARIOUS.
All the shows above have one thing in common, and that's Joss Whedon. Dude is a super talent and one of the best writers out there. Maybe this is where you'd like an endorsement from JJ Abrams (creator of Lost, Fringe, Cloverfield and the new Star Trek) because he can say it better than I ever could:
"Joss’ storytelling is always that perfect storm of wit, deep emotion and passion for genre. His brilliant characters make familiar territory brand spanking new—and damn if he can’t write a catchy song, too."
By the way, JJ Abrams new Star Trek is unreal and needs to be watched on the big screen. Go see it. And if you do give me a holler, I want to see it again. And again, and again...
Anyway, back to Dollhouse. I'm not even going to try and explain the premise of the show. It's a far out there idea that leads to some cool ethical dilemmas and some awesome moments and its definitely not the same old junk we get over and over.
Now, maybe you guys caught the (*) at the top and were wondering what that was about. This review comes with a warning: Do not judge this show on the first 5 episosodes. 1-5 were heavily edited by FOX and fall short of what I expect from a Joss Whedon creation. Even Eliza Dushku said to hang in there until episode 6. She was right. Ep 1-5 aren't bad, they just lack that Whedon-esque wit and dialog, and are more of a procedural "monster of the week" solve-a-problem-in-44-minutes type show. Think about them as an appetizer. Episode 6 is where the main story arc really starts to blossom and things get good. Just watched the final two epsisodes of Season 1 (hopefully the first of many) and it blew my mind all over my computer screen.
Seriously, it might be hard to get a hold of until its on DVD, but I don't care if it's by hook or by crook, check it out.
e.
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